Internet in Australia

By Csharp1

  • CSIRO

    CSIRO
    InfoThe Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is the federal government agency for scientific research in Australia. It was founded in 1926 originally as the Advisory Council of Science and Industry.

  • 1G

    1G
    Info1G (or 1-G) refers to the first-generation of wireless telephone technology, mobile telecommunications. These are the analog telecommunications standards that were introduced in the 1980s and continued until being replaced by 2G digital telecommunications.

  • First connection

    First connection
    InfoAustralia connects to the internet after Darwin establishes a connection to Berkeley, California connecting via an early version of Rick Adams SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol).

  • AARNet

    AARNet
    InfoAARNet was initially built between the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, where the international Internet feed initially landed, and university and CSIRO facilities in all Australian state capital cites and the Australian National University in Canberra. AARNet was formed in 1989 by the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC).

  • Optus and Telstra Rollout

    Optus and Telstra Rollout
    <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optus" target="_blank">OptusWIKI</a><br>
    <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra" target="_blank">TelstraWIKI</a>
    In the late 1990s, Telstra and Optus rolled-out separate cable Internet services, focusing on the east coast. In 2000, the first consumer ADSL services were made available via Telstra Bigpond, at speeds of 256/64 kbit/s (downstream/upstream), 512/128 kbit/s, and 1500/256 kbit/s.

  • 2G

    2G
    Info2G (or 2-G) is short for second-generation wireless telephone technology. Second generation 2G cellular telecom networks were commercially launched on the GSM standard in Finland by Radiolinja (now part of Elisa Oyj) in 1991. Three primary benefits of 2G networks over their predecessors were that phone conversations were digitally encrypted; 2G systems were significantly more efficient on the spectrum allowing for far greater mobile phone penetration levels.

  • DIALix and Pegasus Netwroks

    DIALix and Pegasus Netwroks
    InfoIn 1992 there were two commercial ISPs competing with one another. One being DIALix, providing services to Perth and Pegasus Networks out of Byron Bay. By June 1995 this number had increased to excess of 100 [Internet Australasia Magazine], attributing some fifth of all AARNet traffic

  • 3G

    3G
    Info3G telecommunication networks support services that provide an information transfer rate of at least 200 kbit/s. Later 3G releases, often denoted 3.5G and 3.75G, also provide mobile broadband access of several Mbit/s to smartphones and mobile modems in laptop computers.

  • 4G

    4G
    In telecommunication systems, 4G is the fourth generation of mobile phone mobile communication technology standards. It is a successor to the third generation (3G) standards. A 4G system provides mobile ultra-broadband Internet access, for example to laptops with USB wireless modems, to smartphones, and to other mobile devices. Conceivable applications include amended mobile web access, IP telephony, gaming services, high-definition mobile TV, video conferencing, 3D television, and cloud computi

  • LTE

    LTE
    InfoLTE, an acronym for Long Term Evolution, commonly marketed as 4G LTE, is a standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals. It is based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA network technologies, increasing the capacity and speed using a different radio interface together with core network improvements.